Wattstax (1973)
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current day Watts neighborhood. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.
The movie Wattstax, released in 1973, features 20 songs from artists like The Dramatics, Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes and Kim Weston. What is your favorite song from Wattstax?
Songs from Wattstax
- What You See Is What You Get
- The Dramatics
- Respect Yourself
- Staple Singers
- Soulsville
- Isaac Hayes
- Oh La De Da
- Staple Singers
- We The People
- Staple Singers
- The Star Spangled Banner
- Kim Weston
- Lift Every Voice & Sing
- Kim Weston
- Someone Greater Than You & I
- Jimmy Jones
- Lying On The Truth
- Rance Allen Group
- Peace Be Still
- The Emotions
- Son of Shaft
- The Bar-Kays
- I'll Sing The Blues For You
- Albert King
- Walking The Backstreet & Crying
- Little Milton
- Jody
- Johnnie Taylor
- I May Not Be What You Want
- Mel and Tim
- Picking Up The Pieces
- Carla Thomas
- Breakdown
- Rufus Thomas
- Funky Chicken
- Rufus Thomas
- If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right
- Luther Ingram
- Shaft
- Isaac Hayes
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